Tony Khan Believes More AEW Stars Will Join WWE

AEW’s inception came about in 2019 and since then, the company worked hard to provide an alternate product to what fans see in WWE. Over the course of 3 years, there have been a lot of ups and downs for the company as well. Tony Khan also commented on AEW talent joining WWE in the future as he sees more to come,

For the past year or so, AEW hired several former WWE Superstars including the likes of Malakai Black, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, Adam Cole and many more. The company continues to sign the best free agents it can. That Forbidden Door can go both ways.

Cody Rhodes’ AEW departure and return to WWE sent shockwaves across the pro wrestling world. While speaking to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, AEW President Tony Khan talked about Cody Rhodes’ AEW exit. Khan stated that he believes more AEW stars will join WWE and vice versa.

“It’s not anything unusual to see stars coming from other promotions, including WWE into AEW. I think it is now a little different to see a star from AEW go onto WWE television. I think as the years go by — we’re a young promotion — it was bound to happen sooner or later. And now it has.

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We have a lot of great wrestlers here,. I expect there probably will be, down the road, interest in some of them because we’re putting on such strong shows. I think there’s bound to be free-agent movement on both sides of the competition. I think it’s great for the wrestlers.”

We will have to wait and see which AEW talent will make their way to WWE next, as Tony Khan believes it will happen in the future.

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